Variety (Aug 1932)

9S VARIETY VAH VEV iCiiE Tuesday^ August 30, 1932 Tolies fiergere folds m llewark As Barton, Unpakl Heads Walkout JameB Barton walked out «n holies Bergrere' when he was riot paid off In Newark Saturday and the revue stopped. It was billed t6~ open'at the MtfjSdUc,' 'ISrooltlynr last night (Monday). Understood that other principals failed to re- ceive salary, although the' chorus was paid off, Barton, Ada May and Fred Hllle- 1>rand were on run ot the play con- tracts, which called for salary and percentage. Estimated gross In 11 performances at Newark was around $6,300. Max Rudrilck was the accredited producer. He wad heretofore burlesqiue Impresario. iShow was aimed for Broadway at |1 top, scheduled to play twlco daily Including' Sundays. Through oversight tho lde«(, of sa revue, claimed to be vaudeville, was okayed bjr Bquity, latter stating that In futiire no show would be allowed to violate the eight per- formance, no Sunday rule. "BergereV, ^ quick fold after a 'week arid three days relieves Bquity of «pme embarrassm:ent over the attraction. 'Scrap Book*, which lasted Just about as long and caused a simitar flurry at Equity's offloe, is now an RKO unit. Jack Osterman was to have joined Tolies' last night. Saranac Lake By Happy Benway Haiiy Banis sun^ Wife ; In 2-Act; Wald Ageiitiiig Hairy Barrls and Jils wife, lioyed Whiteman,' are to do a Vaude act to- gether, «jiowlng for liOQw'a at the Orpbeum, New York, Sept. 10. Both £taTti« and Miss "Whiteman ^ere brought esist fr6tn the Coast for a buad-np by NBQ. Barrls also ^writes songs. Jerry Waldi Is • representing the 'Barrls duo, with the William Uorrls offloe arranging vaude time. RepTeientaHp99 imd ORicuMy Franehwed Agenia and Ataoeialea tel. Bryant 9-4614-5 M. 5. BENTHAM aiMl JACK WEINER VsIbM ' Theatre BnlKUnc, K wr Y ork HASST IJJXO, raANK MCTSOW f AOIi DCBAMDt DKNKIS DnFOB BLONDELt & HACK 1560 Broadway NEW YORK gAJU EDWARDS PBQD1TCEB (Star Maker) Suite 140-42 A«TO« HOTEL, NEW YORK JENIE JACOBS .1674 Broadway NEW YORK EDWARD S. KELLER PobMW Theato* Bids.. Neir Tork CHARLES S. WILSHIN Ainilat«d ]I«mb«r> B«rt Wlshnew, Awoclata . Tel. BKyant 9-4048 CHARLES MORRISON Solte 1011 Bond BIdff. 1660 Broadway, New York XABBT PUCK, Associate JAMES L PLUNKEn SAM TISHMAN MAX TISHMAN, Ooaeral Managed THOMAS CUBBAJI. Associate 1IW4 B'way. New York. Phone Br. 9-6B71 LEE F. STEWART and EDWARD RILEY VandeTlllo—BadIo—Pictures 004 Palace Theatre mag,. New York BBynnt 0-0561 . Harry Weber-Simon Agency Suite . 602 Palaoe. Theatre BIdff., Now York ^ IM JBaaHal^.l«> Bld»« jOoUywood, OalU. Louis Relngold, fonnerly Clancy cottage (Jewish Guild) . is a new arrival a.t the hilltop lodge. He ozoned six months before coming herie; incipient case now under ob seryatlon. 'Doc' Gordon "Wrighter, who did a four-month tanning* and resting routine at St. Petersburg, Florida, now olcay and residing at Ttaoinp-> son, Pa.- Gweh Vernon out of general hos- pital minus her appendix, cutting by Dr. Woodruff a big-success. Miss Vert^on is the daughter of Sthel JTones, who is an N. V, A.r patient herei. James KL Hicks <KoIti), a new- comer at the lodge, a little rundown after a motor trip from Chicago. A few months of this ozone with real care will kno(^ that tired feeling coo-cop; incipient case. Martin ■WJagri'er, Harry Lauder's manager, week-ended it at the "Wil- liam Morris Camp Intermission, then Mpntrealed It for a look oyer. Leo LeiMarr, orchestra leader who has staged a wonderful comeback, tried a week-fend of blg-streetlng, got lost in the big town, then re- turned to the ozone territory. James Kenny, known In the tab producing field, was sentenced to 30 days ot real curing at the IT. &. Vet Hospital, Tupper Lake, N. T. Jim wUl also lose his -vote, as he is now a government reservation man. T60 bad. I>orothy Harvard, who is on the mend and up at times, anticipates the welcome visit of her mother, Grace Harvard. ' Monthly Passing Show—M days. ^ o£F-and-on rain, great tor the cure, one has to. stay in bed... .Ben Shaffer hanging oiito the bed thing 24 hboTS a day... .Once and a white we get the sun between the rains,! looks like snow hero now.... Jean.ene LaFaun strictly abed with high temping hut holdlnir ^thfit smlla.. .Idai Howard wdhta it known thftt she'Is sitting up.... JBthiel Jones now «nJoylng plenty of exercise, feeling great... .Angela Papulis happy as a lark; her mother, sister and brother shot In on her; feeling oke.., .Lilly Leonora sura Is a gritty curer. . What that little Ja4y would give to get put ot hed! 'Three years of it now. . Gladys Pali^ has the big 1>rother hy her side, a surprise visit; eitis'^ getting ready for. that Chicago vacash... .Since Danny ; Murphy went Blg-streetlng everything Ih the lodge la sold at retail. X>anny Is doing well....Thanks to Mrs. George Harmon for the gifts. Her husbSAd, who Is a steady curer, is at bis best. Mrs. William Morris gave a mess of N. V. A. patients the glad hand at Camp Intermission. How that lady loves all the showfolk patients. ....Firemen's convention at Lake Placid,^ N. T. Saranac firemen there, both of them... .Tommy Vlcks gets the big down for three meals; okay and stafes that all pan- handlers don't work In hospitals. Fred Rith has had added exercise givon him, and is he happy!. Annemae Powers gets fairly good report, out for movies once a week. Edith Cohen got for herself a sore ankle; no can walk; but talk, oh. boy!....Harry English doing well, sun lamp doing the trick, Harry Namba celebrating his fourth year abed here, hopes that no one will hand him a pillow for a gift Frisco DeVere, once more herself, staged a wonderful comeback since the oper.. ^. Toni Temple, a.ddihg weight, now tipping 86 pounds klmono-ed. Dorothy Wilson strictly ' abed with a flareup, nothing serious Joe McGreevey holding Up oke, gets the final 100% oke on no T. B., now doing the putting on weight rou tine.. ..Phyllis Mllford, much on the oke side, starting to look the tf)art once more. Saranac, where men are men and women wear Jcnlckers....An- drew Moloney, back on the ma;ln stem , with cane, spats and good looks. He's okei....Smiling A. Anderson, Pontlac manager, giving much of his valuable, time to the welfare of showfolk patients.,.. Manager . Dodds, Lake Placid, still has that come-In sign to all N.V-A. curors. Mr. and Mrs. William Mortis and Ruth (Variety). Morris entertained by the Rotarlans at their blow-out MO 2-WAY ACT, AND fRAMINGA'NAIIE'TURN First two-way booking by NBC for radio and vaude are the Radio Rubes wlilch Chester Stratton is routing. Act Is being' slated for a commercial, but meantime Is doing theatre work. NBC is also framing an act of the Humming Birds, Whispering Jack .Smith and Arnold; JptUMlPJnlS. orchestra for vaudeville. It's In line with Ed Scheulng, NBC's theatre booking: head, plans to build radio talent for stage value. $18,000 No Go Los Angeles, Auff. 29. Former vaude name, promot- ing a two-a-day co-op vaude show liere, turned down the house he had lined up because on 14 performances weekly at |2 top the show could only do 118,000. Li nJoB Cbin on Dhnond Trio Dp for Setdenent WA^UAYrNEARLY BUND, CRmCAUY ni Two - complaints against the Three Diamonds, still rehearsing with 'Humpty Dumpty,' were ul> for settlement early this week. Both were filed by the William Morrl^ agency on behalf of (Seorge Black, the London showman, who verified the trio's booking at the Palladium, Lohdon, Sept 26. One was due to be heard yesterday (Monday) eve- ning by the y.M.)P.A. and'the other wiU be considered by Equity's Council this (Tuesday) afternoon. The act contends It did not actually book the London date. The Diamonds say they a^eed by telor gram to play London but did not specify - ia date, but are willing to accept fol^o'wlng tbo ' BnMldTriiy show engageknent Whf and How Miss Sweet RHzed Seattle's Mayor Seattle, Aug. 29. When Blanche "Sweet heading Fanchon & Marco totage show this week, iat the ISMfth A-ve., flew Into Seattley she was iO minutes early, and the 'welcoming party, headed by Mayor Dora, riaached Boeing Field too. late. ' Miss Sweet didn't 'n'alt any. She hurried to the hotel and -was taking nap while the mayor's party waited thinking her plane late. When the theatre pit. phoned If Miss Sweet would come back to. the field so thisy could greet her for a picture or two, Miss Sweet simply could not .be disturbed by any means. So liow. she Joins with Mayor Jtmmle Walker, who had iex-inayor Frank Edwards cooling his heels at the local depot couple ol years ago, while he slept In his state room, as member ot the Hl-Hatting-the- M^yor-ot-Seattle CSub. F-^M's Week Stand at Cleve. RKO; Wolf M.C. Cleveland, Aug. 29. Rube WoVt, who closed 12 weeks at. the Warfleld, 'Frisco, Aug. 26, comes Into the RKO 105th Street Cleveland, Sept. 17, as m. c. House then Inaugurates policy of full weeks for Fanchon & Marco units. 'Hello, Paree' first. Bobby Vernon replaced Wolf at the Warfleld. F. T. Thomas, recently in charge of Arthur houses in Connecticut is new manager at. the 106th Street. Hollywood. Aug, 29. Eva. Tangu^y Is la a critical con- dition at her home here, suffering frotn Bright's disease, rheiunatlsm and heart affliction. Her illness will be a protracted one, according to Dr. Lucius B. Falres, her - phy- sician. Miss Tanguay has been ill since May but not until last week when her sister, Mrs. Waiter. GIfford, ar- rived here 'was 'the extent of her illness known; Former stage mad- cap had preferred to fight it out alone, in an obscure bungalow. . . Once possessing a fortune of nearly $2,000,000 Miss Tanguay is no'w almost destitute, having lost everything In'the market crash. This, too, had influenced her to re- main apart from friends. Soph's Loew 4 Oophle -Tucker Is booked for four vreeka by Loew's, opening. at the Caplt<d, New Toik, Thursday (1). Following week she Jumps to Boston, then back to the Paradise, Bronx. Fourth week, Metropolitan, Brooklyn, a regular vaude stand. LOEW LINES UI^ FLOCKOF NAMES Loew has lined up a flock o0 names for Immediate bookings, in«|. eluding Lllyan Tashman at $4,000, •JKffitoS §?Ji!h I .at t!!».e^papjtpjk Jt, t^^^ Edmand Lowe, by himself, opening at Loew's Metropolitan, Brooklyn, Sept 2; Georgle Price and Bennle Krueger's orchestra, with thelq Chase & Sanborn tea progrram, at. the Paradise, Bronx, Sept. B; Alleeft Stanley, Joe Fi-isco, Ben X<ytell, Ann Pennnlngtoh : and . Charlie Judels current at the State, N. Y. Phil Baker and Frances Williams, together, are also elated for io weeks. Leo Relsmah and Loew; dickering for the Capitol, N. T, Matter of terms for the orchestrtu iVKeefe-Whiteman Dates D^nd on Land Wires Walter O'Keefe may do some pic- ture house work around New York. He ia arranging for dressing room remote control pick-up,~ as he's on through an entire hour thrice weekly and this is too much time out to permit a between-show rush baick to the NBC studio froin the theatre. O'Keefe turioed down . *Hiunpty Dumpty,' legit musical, to stick 'with" Lucky Strike, being renewed on that program until January. Paul Whiteman Is another, who 'Will possibly do a week or two at Loew's Paradise, in the Bronx, it the same land-'wire pick-up can be arranged. Arimckle Set at 1$1,500 With Xioew's and Warners Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle plays a week for Warner Bros, at the Earle, Philadelphia, Thursday (1). He fol- lows for LoeW'ln Washington, Jer- sey City and Jamaica, with the State, New York, as a ppsisbllity. Booking for Arbuckle was han- dled by Joe RIfkln. Salary .$1,600. Benway in person told funny Jokes. ....Larry Kelly, the curing piano player,- Is back in town;.. .Loran Newell 80% collapse on the pneumo- thorax thing, doing well... .Chris Hagedorn gets the one meal up thing, feeling pretty good, down- town at times.... Elsie Johnson holding her own and is on the 100% recovery side. That gal has grit What a curerl... .Gang up here go- ing crazy over all that nice candy that Jerry Vogel of the Plaza Mu- sic Co. sends weekly.. That boy Jerry has every patient here at heart. Thanks, Jerry, old 'pal; that's for the gang, also....Fred Bachman is back in the lodge after a two-week out of San routine; looks a lot bei^i^r and is'better.... Alma Montagu©, motoring to a 'week-6nd of different places and fun. ^ Write to those that you know In Sara.nac and elaoT^bero j^tim are ilj^ Belle Baker^s $4,000 Belle Baker's current Week at Loew's Paradise in the Bronx is bringing her M.OOO, the figure set- ting It new peak for the single's stage earnings. Her top Keith sal- ary -was $2,600. Booking was an llth hour affair, with Irving Mills, her new manager, closing the contract the evening be- fore she opened as an emergency subsUtutlon for the Boswell Sisters, out through illness. RKO VAUDE BACK INTO LA. AND ORPH, FRISCO Los Angeles, Aug. 89. RKO reopens the HlUstreet her<i and the Orpheum In San Francisco Sept' 16 with vaudeville. Both houses will use six acts re^ orulted locally and 'B' pictures. , — • -.; ' ■ Long Tack at Chinese; Broekman, Musical Dir« Hollywood. Aug. 29. Long Tack Sam and his Chinese troup set for 'Rain' prolog at the. Chinese. This la the first time the Chinese producer-maglclaB lias l>een in thta country In four years. David Broekman, lormer Univef^ sal and Columbia music department head, goes Into the Chinese as mu-. sical director, replacing Oscaz; Baum, who was there almost a year* Loew Rejects Frank Fay'd Asking Price of $4,000 Frank Fay, Bans Barbara Stan- wyck, has been offered to Loew at $4,000 a week, but there will be no deal at that figure. If getting together on money, F'ay; will open at the C^apltol, N. Y, SepU 30. J — ■ Max Hart Reeovere ^ Max Hart Is back froni the Coast He has almost completely recovered from his recent illness which con-: fined blm to a Los Angeles hospital,r LEON ERROL Loew Theatrea Now ^General Sxecutiue Offices LOEWNIILDIMC AN N EX BRyant 9-7800 NEW YORK CITY J. H. LUBIN GBNBBAI, UAMAOKB MARVIN H. SCHENCK BOOIONa MAMAOKB